Ferroni Boucan d’enfer

Boucan d'enfer is a Ferroni blend bottled at 50%, and its name, roughly an infernal blaze, sets the tone. This is a column-distilled molasses rum built around heavy peat, leaning closer to a smoky Islay whisky than to a classic Caribbean profile. Maison Ferroni usually works in an unsweetened, cask-strength Provence idiom, and here the house turns its hand to something deliberately divisive.

The nose is smoky and peat-driven, with whisky and wood, and the palate doubles down on peat, smoke, whisky character and tobacco. The finish stays smoky and peaty, with tobacco lingering. Beneath the smoke sit dried fruit, caramel and herbal notes, but they play a supporting role; the peat is firmly in charge. This is a quirky, enjoyable curiosity aimed at whisky fans and lovers of smoked cocktails, with classic rum sweetness and fruit kept well in the background.